Firearm



E. B. ANDES.

FIREARM,

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 6. 1922.

1,41 5,976., Patented May 16, 1922.

wires stores FAWN? EUG'IEEVE B. ES, 015' LANCASTER, PENNSYLV i. a

inmate.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 16, 1922.,

Application filed March 6, 1922. Serial No. 541,348.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE B. ANDns, residing at Lancaster, in thecounty of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, and citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F irearms,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved form of firearm,specifically, in the embodiment disclosed herein, a toy .pistol, of thetype adapted to use therein caps on a ribbon or tape that is fed,automatically, ,upon movement of the trigger, to present the capssuccessively to proper position with relation to the hammer and anvil.

The invention is more particularly con- Like reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing. Brieflydescribed:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the pistol of my invention;

Figure 2 is a view in elevation, looking at the inner face of one of thetwo casing-shells of the pistol, showing the actuating mechanism carriedthereby, the two connecting screws for the two shell sections and thepin upon which the tape or ribbon is wound bein" in section;

igure 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the position of themoving parts when the trigger has been pressed fully inward;

Figure 4 is a detached detail view, in side elevation, of the hammer;

Figure 5 is a detached detail view, in side elevation, of the toothed orstar wheel; and I Figure 6 is a detached, detail view, in end elevation,of the hammer and toothed feedwhcel in co-operative position.

Referring, now, in detail, to the drawing:

1 and 2 designate the two, substantially similar shells orframe-sections of the pistol,

retained in assembled position by suitable securing means, such as bolts3, 3. i designates the anvil integral with the frame-section 2 andshaped as an elongated fiat plate disposed in a plane at right-angles tothe general plane of the section 2', and

presenting a flat contact surface to the impact face of the head 5 ofthe hammer 6.

The hammer 6 is an elongated member,

provided, toward the .end thereof opposite .the head 5, with an opening6', whereby it may be suspended upon a pivot-pm 7 carrled by the'shell-section'2; Thehammer is also'provided, at the end thereofopposite the head 5, with two toes 8 and 9 and, therebetween, with arecess 10; and, on one face and at one marginal edge, with a lug 6Fhav=ing an inclined top face and a vertical or v straight end face.

The trigger 11 is suspended from the pin I 12, and swinging movement ofthe-trigger is lim ted, in one direction,-by, the top-part1?) thereofimpinging against one end of the fllangel of the section 2. The triggercarries, at one longitudinal side and toward the bottom thereof, a pin15, on which the sear is I provided.

The scar is, roughly, in the form ofa bellcrank lever, having the longerarm 16 and the shorter arm 17. The longer arm, at its free extremity, isrecessed, as shown at 18, in which recess the toe 9 of the hammer 6rests, normally, as shown in Fig. 2. The shorter arm 17 is provided witha stop pin 17", which is adapted to ride into contact with the adj a- 4cent marginal edge of the hammer 11, thus limiting movement of the sear,independent of the trigger, in one direction.

' A toothed or star wheel feeding-member 19 is provided with a centralopening 20, through which the. pivot pin 7 projects, as shown in Fig. 2.The toothed wheel 19 is disposed against the hammer 6, face to face,

and is provided, on the face thereof adjacent the hammer 6, with aplurality of equidistantly spaced lugs 21, formed similarly to the lug6.

Normally, the straight or vertical face or wall of the lug 6 of thehammer 6 bears against the corresponding vertical wall or therebyfeeding the tape 23 hearing at intervals explosive fulminate caps 24.

Each two adjacent fulminate caps. on the I wheel.

The tape 23 is wound upon a pin 25 carried by the shell-section 2, andpasses up between the anvil 4t and the hammer-head 5,

as shown in 2.

A resiliently-supported, tape-guiding member 26 is formed as anelongated plate having an ofiset upper portion 27, the free end 28thereof bearing against the adjacent or rear face of the anvil a. Theguide-member 26 depends below and above the anvil 4, as shown in Fig. 2.A spring 29, disposed between the ofiset portion 27 and a lateral flange30 of the, shell-section 2, tends to press the guide-member 26 towardthe star or toothed wheel 19.

A spring is coiled around the pin 7 as shown at 31, and one arm 32 ofsuch spring bears against a projection 33 on the head 5 of the hammer 6,while, the other arm 34 bears against the pin 12.

A second spring is coiled around the pin 12, as shown at 35, and one arm36 thereof bears against the flange 37 of the shell-section 2, while theother arm 38 bears against the shorter arm 17 of the scar and, thereby,functions to swing the longer arm 16 of the sear upward. I V Inoperation, the trigger 11 is pressed inward, moving the sear 16-17 inthe same direction, thereby, by reason of the engage ment of the seararm 16 with the lower end of the hammer 6, swinging the head5 of thelatter away from the anvil 4,'against the influence of the spring-arm32. In the continued movement of the trigger and, with it, the sear, thetooth 8 of the hammer rides into contact with the upper surface or edgeof the arm 16 of the sear, forcing said seararm downward, or kicking thesame out of engagement with the hammer 6. The hammer, now released, isnow, by the spring arm 32, forcibly swung against the anvil 4, toexplode the cap on the tape 24 which is in the path of movement of thehammerhead 5.

During the movement, aforesaid, of the hammer 6 away from the anvil 1,the hammer, by reason of the engagement of the vertical wall of thetooth 6 thereof with the corresponding vertical wall of the corresponding tooth 21 of-the feed-wheel 19,

rotates the feed-wheel through the arc of a circle, thus feeding thetape 23 upward and presenting a fulminate cap thereon in proper positionwith relation to the anvil and the hammer-head 5.-

During the forward movement of the hammer 6, toward the anvil 1, underthe infiuen'ce of the spring arm 32,'as described, the feed-wheel 19does not partake of such movement, because the projection G 'of thehammer, by reason of the inclined face 6 rides or trails idly over thecorresponding inclined faces of the lugs 21 of the feedwheel 15). Thecoil 31 of the spring 32-21% is disposed between the upper face of thewheel 19 and the inner face of the shellsection 1. Therefore, as theinclined face of. the lug 6 rides up on the inclined faces of the lugs21 of the hammer 6, the starwheel '19 moves slightly away from thehammer 6 and the said coil 31 is compressed slightly; but, as thehammer-head 5 strikes the anvil 4 andthe movement of the anvil isarrested, said coil 31 expands to force the star-wheel 19 against thehammer 6, thereby bringing the straight or vertical wall 6 of the lug 6into contact with the corresponding straight wall of the adjacent In 21of the feed-wheel 19. -%imultaneously with the swinging forward of thehammer 6 in the direction of the anvil 4, the spring-arm 38 swingstheseararm 16 upward into engagement with the hammer toe 9, and the"trigger 11 is, at the same time, moved forward to its initial position.I

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent. is:

1. In a pistol, anv anvil, a

mer is pivoted, a uhninate-cap tape adapted to move lengthwise betweensaid anvil and the hammer impact-head, a trigger, means, actuated by themanual movement of said trigger and including a toothed wheel rotatablymounted on ,said pin and engaging said tape, for feeding said tapebetween said anvil and hammer. impacthead, and co-operating meanscarried by said hammer and wheel for coupling saidwheel to said hammerfor simultaneous movement when the hammer is swung away from the anvil,and for permitting said wheel to remain stationary during the movementof the hammer toward the anvil.

2. In a pistol, an anvil, a pivoted hammer having an impact-head, afulminate-cap tape adapted to move lengthwise between said anvil andsaid impact-head, a trigger,

a sear carried by said trigger and releas hammer having an impact-head,a in 'upon which said hamby the hammer upon movement of the latmer,spring means for normally maintain 11 ter away" from the anvil, andspring means ing sald sear in releasable engagement with for moving saidhammer toward the anvil. sald hammer, and a toothed tape-engaging 4. Ina pistol, an anvil, a pivoted hamand feeding wheel actuated by thehammer 5 mer having an impact-head, a :t'ulminateupon movement of thelatter away from cap tape adapted to move lengthwise bethe anvil. 1:between said anvil and "said impact-head, a In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my trigger, a seal pivotally carried b said signature.trigger and releasably-engaging sai ham- EUGENE B. ANDES.

